View of railroad tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from the Union Pacific Railroad line to Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad construction workers near the...

Exterior view of a Pueblo style guest lodge at Monument Lake, thirty eight miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. This split level structure is built on a hillside and has three floors built in steps with terraces on the lower roofs. Built of adobe,...

Men in uniform march in formation on a dirt road at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an airplane hangar that reads "[U].S....

Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras use a hammers and a crowbar to install rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado....

Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...

A soldier stands on a wooden platform in front of Union Pacific Railroad locomotive "451" and Denver and a Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field...

Copy of a WPA painting "Wealth of the West," by Ila McAfee Turner in the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado; depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by with his supplies, a fisherman fishes in the...

African American and white men and women stand and sit by Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Governor John Vivian at an armed forces service center in Denver, Colorado. They stand by United States flags and bass drums with letters: "Forty & Eight Drum...

A woman in a white uniform and a white cap that reads: "First Aid," sits at a table and stamps paper sacks for surplus commodities at the State Grocery Warehouse at 1535 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Piles of paper bags, an ink pad...

A WPA painting in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County features a farmer on a green tractor in a field of half-cut wheat. A man with a dog is in the middle of the cut field. A farmhouse and barn are in the background.

This one-story, flat roofed park maintainance building in Pueblo, Colorado, is of pale, random stone with dark grout. Windows and doors are in the walls, which have stepped tops. A 30's car is in the background, and a sign reads: "USA Work Program...

A WPA painting in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County, includes a farmer on a green tractor in a field of half-cut wheat. A man and dog are in the middle of the field. A farmhouse and barn are in the background.

Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. A ladder and sawhorse are in the dirt yard, and bare trees are in the foreground. Sign...

Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. The projecting fireplace and chimney follow the same angles. Windows flank the fireplace,...

Men in overalls push a handcar on tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Construction workers are on tracks in the distance. Shows a railroad...

Exterior rear view of four residences on a slope, Victor, Colorado; four rectangular wooden frame residences, horizontal plank, two two-story with high gable roof, single chimneys offset right; third with mansard roof and cast iron cresting; fourth...

View of a dedication ceremony with men in military uniforms, or suits and overcoats, at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men watch an officer hammer a spike into railroad tracks constructed by the...

Gog and May Gog, sculptures at the 1937 High School in Boulder, Colorado, top louvered windows. The male holds blocks on his shoulders, and the female holds vegetal elements. In the bulbous, "proletarian" style of the WPA era, these works of...

Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras stand on rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A construction crane hoists...

A man in a suit stands on a wooden railroad bridge and track constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) over an irrigation ditch near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows telephone lines beside...

In Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, men in trenchcoats and fedoras shovel mud into a dump truck after a flood. Its bed is backed into the entry of a store; the awning and signs read: "Soda-Drugs Store," and "Kodaks Groceries." Lettering on the...

Two women skiers in Aspen, Colorado stand at the top of the ski hill facing downwards. Both women wear trousers, light jackets and scarves on their head. Trees are on either side of the ski slope, and the town is at the base of the hill.

Arching bridge over Lake Clara at Mineral Palace Park in Pueblo, Colorado, is of random, pale stone with dark grout. Arches underneath provide support, and all is reflected in the rippled water in the foreground.

Interior view of the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado includes: the WPA painting "Wealth of the West," by Ila McAfee Turner. The painting depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by loaded with his...

A man adresses the audience from beside a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop....

Interior auditorium view, Loveland Community Building, Colorado, includes a men on a stage with an American flag on the back curtain drop. Two flower arrangements and "USA Work Program, WPA" signs are on the edge of the stage. The audience in floor...

A woman with a corsage stands at a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop. Two...

View of six people sitting across from one another on a boat tow as it is dragged up Aspen Mountain, Aspen, Colorado; shows vehicle tracks in the snow, snow covered landscape, and bare trees along the path; Aspen house rooftops at the bottom of the...

An African American man, in a U.S. Army uniform, and a woman, in a dress and hat, play ping pong at a soldiers recreational center in Denver, Colorado; Andrew Hester, W.P.A. Recreation Director and County Judge C. Edgar Kettering, and soldiers look...

Children read and draw in a day nursery, part of a Work Projects Administration program probably in Denver, Colorado. Boys and girls sit at a low table in chairs made from barrels. They draw with crayons, use scissors or read. A girl stands at an...

Shows Station #14 of the Denver Fire Department located on 1426 Oneida Street in Denver, Colorado. The station was built, in 1939, by Corbin and Kilgus as part of a WPA project. The two story brick building features shingle roof, cement trim and...

View of Station #11 located at 40 West 2nd Avenue and Cherokee Streets in Denver, Colorado. The art deco style brick building was built in 1937 as part of the WPA program. A carved sign on the building reads: "D.F.D. No. 11".

View of The Gazebo in Paepcke Park (City Park), in Aspen, Colorado built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration (WPA); J. W. Atkinson residence along Main Street and Red Mountain in the distance.

A Work Projects Administration (W.P.A) worker uses a power saw to cut gauze into strips in a room at Colorado General Hospital, University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a white shirt and has his sleeves rolled up to...

WPA (Works Progress Administration) workmen are resurfacing one side of South Broadway in Englewood, Colorado. A rope barracade runs down the middle of the street between two sets of trolley tracks; trolley wires are overhead. A trolley is in the...

A painting on a wall in a building in Delta, Colorado, (Delta County) depicts a farm scene. A man drives a green tractor and cuts a field of wheat. Another man and dog stand in the cut portion of the field and watch. A farmhouse, a barn, and a...